God only knows, maybe we Oregonians will get a break from the relentless Demoleftist cabal this time around. Looks like the Republican candidate for Governor, Knute Beuhler, has a decent shot at winning. Wouldn’t that be something? Hard to even remember the last Republican at the state helm (Vic Atiyeh ’79-’87).

So could be the state’s future isn’t entirely hopeless, Oregon might even become great again!

If there’s any change for the better re: governments in CA, OR, or WA I’d regard it as a huge blessing, a miracle and magnificent gift from God. As is the usual story, if we work at it change happens but incrementally. Give it a few elections and we’ll probably begin to get there.

jrap, Oh, that’s so hopeful!
I love O…my Sister is outside of Grants Pass, along with a bunch of neighborhood Trumpsters who all have horses/livestock.
They would be ecstatic to even see a trend in the upcomings.
sounds like a call to Work!

What I read a couple of weeks ago was a poll showing that Buehler and Brown were essentially even. (Actually Buehler was up by one point, not a statistically meaningful difference.) Of course elections are dynamic, the lead could go back and forth. But the fact that Buehler is even in the race is amazing and certainly a reason for optimism that Buehler could prevail.

And you’re right, we’re all going to have to pull our weight to get our candidates elected. September is just a few days away—high season on the campaign trail is just ahead—time to get busy…

Well, Buehler and I live in Oregon, but I think you were referring to OR Republicans’ response. Of course at this stage of the campaign it’s hard to know, but the fact that Buehler had polled as well as he did is quite out of the ordinary for recent election cycles.

The electoral issue in OR is the urban areas. The region in and around Portland has 90% of the state’s population. Urban areas tend to be leftist-oriented, so that’s the hurdle the Republican must overcome.

It has to mean Buehler is polling well in the “blue” zones, there’s no other way he could be at par with the Democrat. That should be encouraging since that has to be the case to get elected.

We’ll see what happens when the campaigns start in earnest. Believe me, I’ll be watching it closely when it gets into high gear.

Good question! His campaign website talks about looking out for Oregonians, tackling the state’s financial blunders, improving education, keeping taxes to the minimum, etc.

Oregon Repubs tend to be “moderates”, but getting elected requires candidates to maneuver around the strong leftist bent of the majority. I expect Buehler to skirt a lot of the national issues and probably doesn’t want PT’s involvement.

As I see it, the benefit of a Buehler win will be constraining the “liberal” excesses, it’s a “foot in the door” so to speak. While less than ideal from the MAGA point of view, it would still be important steps in the right direction.

They are not sealed, so you can easily open them and pour the contents out into ice cream (2 scoops), yogurt, applesauce, etc. Our VSGPDJT wants to make sure EVERY American can take Winnamins without difficulty.

What a fantastic team of economic advisors Pres. Trump has assembled. They are well spoken, polished, smart, and have a broad grasp of economics and policy. No wonder they are getting results! Am I the only one that detects very well coordinated communication plan now too? Perhaps the result of Bill Shine?

Gotta say, I was unaware until this segment (thanks to tireless Sundance) how sharp and on top of Treasury and related stuff Mnuchin is. Exactly right that the shape of the yield curve reflects ‘short term’ interest rate financial market expectations, not long term economic ‘reality’. Got that exact trick question in a slightly different guise during my summa econ thesis defense at Harvard decades ago.

I must say that while Trump made some dicey appointments after he was inaugurated [Priebus; Sessions; Tillerson; Scaramucci; Shulkin; Price], he sure did assemble an All-Star Trade and Economic team that has been focused, determined, and successful.

Those who whine — especially like at the WSJ — that Trump doesn’t know what he is doing on Trade are lying to themselves. They know. They just don’t like it. At all.

Please read this if you still think that our VSGPDJT did not include Scaramucci in his plans:

Trump and the Hatchet Man Maneuver

Anthony Scaramucci

“Trump is a master of the Executive Suite and knows how to play the game for keeps. When he took on Reinhold “Reince” Priebus, an establishment figure, it was the proverbial ‘keep your friends close and your enemies closer.’ But Anthony Scaramucci was absolutely a brilliant move!

Apparently, Liberals and never-Trumpers are so isolated in their political circles that they have no concept how things work in the real world of business and corporate America. For example, they completely fail to grasp the concept of the “hatchet man…..”

“….The hatchet man is someone you bring in for sole purpose of slashing the problems and shaking things up over a very short period of time – but doing so in such a way that deflects any blame or blowback away from you. As soon as the problems are hacked away, the hatchet man leaves – taking the ire and resentment with him, leaving you free to bring in your new team for a fresh start….”

“…Scaramucci was already facing a nasty divorce that would result in the liquidation of his business in order to divide assets. A little-known law allows people who are legally required to sell a business as a condition of employment in the Executive Branch (to prevent conflicts of interest) to defer the taxes on their profits from the sale.

Since Scaramucci was going to have to sell his company anyway, due to his pending divorce, now he and his soon-to-be ex-wife just saved $80 million in taxes. And don’t for a moment think that all this was an unplanned mess that went awry. Scaramucci and Trump knew exactly what they were doing.

All of this was planned – and foreseen – by all those who understand this game.

Before Trump was inaugurated, Scott Adams wrote that, to his critics, the first year of Trump would be a play in three acts:…”

He made incredibly good appointments — each one has done his/her job; when the job was/is done, they leave — and in this sense he gives them some freedom to pursue things they might prefer to be doing.
This is only the ones who he knew were not his enemies…he has appointed enemies…and destroyed them.
A lot of what appears on the surface is just a reflection of what many want to see (or what he wants people to see); what is underneath the surface is another matter altogether.
This is just my opinion after watching things for a while, for what it is worth.

Can you imagine such non-dodgy, competent and very informative commentary from a Timothy Geithner, for example, or any previous Treasury Secretary, let alone during the Ozero years? I cannot.

One wonders how much less criticism of PDJT there would be, if more Americans took the time to listen, because the competence is there, and the positive, reasoned outlook and purposeful plan of action is encouraging. And, a sense of humor as well.

How about if more Americans were allowed the opportunity to listen without the interference of the media know-it-all trash mouths who distort and lie about everything this administration is doing well.

Millions still don’t know that real honest news can actually be found elsewhere (on the internet) instead of the TV, social media, or the newspapers.

The moment when Secretary Mnuchin is walking away and the reporter is asking him if the President can terminate NAFTA on his own authority made me wish he would turn around and say ‘Educate yourself. Do your own research and find out what the President can do.’

The entire episode reminded me of the only intelligent thing Ben Rhodes ever said : ‘The average reporter we talk to is 27 years old, and their only reporting experience consists of being around political campaigns…. They literally know nothing.’

Can you imagine how exposed the Canadian trade group feels? This really should be a 2 hour meeting to come to terms. If they can stretch it 3 days it’s only to save face. Canada elected fancy socks. They should be embarrassed!

I really like Mnuchin. Very smart and he is in a very key position within this soon to be post globalist era. The whole team is outstanding. All the media can do is introduce fear points, doubts and possible failures. They are more concerned about other countries than ours. It will be great when they fail commercially and start having to compete for our business again producing productive content that we desire to consume!! Loving MAGAnomics!!